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Writers Houses

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Writers' Houses reflects Britain's impressive literary and architectural heritage, offering a revealing insight into how leading British writers lived and wrote. Illustrated in colour, the book guides you through the very rooms that inspired writers to produce some of their greatest work. Drawing upon the writers' own words, the book examines in detail the personal relationship between each house and writer and discusses the influence these places have had upon the imagination and creativity of British novelists, poets and playwrights from the past five hundred years. Over fifty houses are explored including Agatha Christie's secluded West Country retreat, the ancient, timber-framed residence in Stratford-upon-Avon where Shakespeare spent his boyhood, Dylan Thomas' boat-house at Laugharne, the cottage where Robert Burns was born and brought up, and the moated house and garden in East Sussex that inspired the evocative setting for a Sherlock Holmes story. Follow in the footsteps of your favourite authors and be inspired by the surroundings in which some of literature's best-loved characters were created.

Author Biography

Nick Channer is a regular contributor to many publications, including the Daily Telegraph, Country Life and the Scots Magazine. He is particularly interested in walking and travel, social history, literary tourism and journeys from fiction. Nick has also contributed to a documentary on youth hostelling, broadcast on BBC Radio Four. He lives at the heart of England - not far from Shakespeare's birthplace.
Release date NZ
April 1st, 2015
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Foreword by Julian Fellowes
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
Robert Hale Ltd
Pages
192
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Dimensions
156x234x28
ISBN-13
9780719806643
Product ID
22962958

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